The ITWeb Technology Roadmaps Conference 2008 takes place on 9 December in Johannesburg.
Competitors are concerned MTN will dominate the mobile space as well as service provision.
In today's technology roundup: Shuttleworth will burn fortune for Ubuntu, UK government and EDS in 'delicate' talks, and Microsoft to battle in the clouds.
In this World Wide Wrap: Cellular modems to hit 83 million by 2013, mobile subscriptions to reach four billion, and India to get affordable mobile phones.
In this World Wide Wrap: HP rolls out renewable power, Toshiba releases green notebook, and 3PAR wins green award.
In this World Wide Wrap: Awards for Indian SMEs, Phillipines unveils SME upgrade programme, and BitDefender, OneWorld sign distribution agreement.
In this World Wide Wrap: Microsoft selects Telefonica, VOIP software released for Android, and Vonage earns VOIP patent.
Computer users should install Windows patch MS08-067 to protect against malicious worms, says the company.
The US, Russia and Turkey were the top offenders named in Sophos's third-quarter report.
The event, which aims to help aspiring online entrepreneurs, takes place in Pretoria on 3 November.
Absa Technology Finance Solutions now integrates seamlessly with the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing program.
The company has added the RoundTable video conferencing solution to its unified communications portfolio.
CorePlus 9.10 supports virtualisation and improved traffic optimisation for its unified threat management security portfolio. [Local rep: Condyn]